Camille's words made Mo Qingya's smile, which had just opened, freeze on her lips.

Eliminated? She was eliminated?

With her eyes wide open, Mo Qingya stared at Camille in a daze, unable to believe what she heard.

"for……"

Before I could even ask why, I saw Camille lowering her head to look at the program list in her hand.

Beside her, the host stretched out a hand and asked her to leave the stage with a regretful expression.

Blinking, Mo Qingya turned around like a puppet and walked towards the stage in a daze.

Below the stands, a group of dancers in ballet skirts were waiting quietly with gentle and sweet smiles.

Camille’s review comes to mind.

In front of me are densely packed dancers and backstage staff.

Mo Qingya, however, acted as if she had heard nothing and saw nothing, and walked back to the rest room in a daze.

She sat there for more than ten minutes before coming back to her senses. She looked at the buzzing phone and the name that lit up on the screen. The purple-blue lines were clearly visible on the back of Mo Qingya's hand as she held the phone.

The person who called her was the teacher who helped her choreograph the dance this week.

"Mo, you dance very well. But, please pay attention to the emotions, okay? Let's do it again!"

"Mo, you don't have to act out the big fish. You have to believe from the bottom of your heart that you are the big fish. Do you understand me?"

"Mo, forget about the competition, forget about the performance, you have to listen to the sound of the sea with your heart, you are the big fish in the sea..."

Until the morning before departure, the teacher was still asking her: "Mo, do you believe that you are the big fish?"

How did she answer at that time? She said, "I believe it."

The bus was noisy, and all she could hear were the chattering and laughter of Fang Siyao, Shi Yanxi and the others. Even so, she could still hear the barely audible sigh from the other end of the line.

At the time she didn't understand why.

She obviously believed it.

But at this moment, Mo Qingya understood.

She believed she was the big fish.

She is the big fish.

They are two completely different concepts.

From the beginning to the end, she didn't understand, and thus, let down such a good dance and such excellent choreography.

That’s why Camille said that the skills were perfect and the choreography was excellent.

The only regret is her missing emotions.

So, she was eliminated! Tears welled up in her eyes.

More than ten minutes later, Mo Qingya removed her makeup, changed her clothes, and walked to the front audience seats and sat down.

Afterwards, university delegations from several countries took the stage. Some of their dances were magnificent, while others were not satisfactory.

Some people advance and some are eliminated.

The judges' comments, without exception, were warm and to the point, letting the eliminated people know where their shortcomings lay.

When the host came on stage and announced that all the semi-final performances had been completed, Mo Qingya couldn't help but frown.

Didn’t they say that from the semi-finals, about 50 people would advance to the finals to compete for the gold, silver and bronze medals?

There were more than 20 people in the first half, so there should be the same number of people in the second half.

But there were clearly only a few people in the second half.

When Mo Qingya heard the host's passionate congratulations, she looked up at the right time and heard him say: "Let's give warm applause to all 50 contestants who have advanced to the finals. Especially..."

"It's the Chinese delegation whose entire team advanced."

All... all advanced? Eyes from all directions, accompanied by applause, all rushed towards the position where Ye Wan and the twenty-odd people were.

He stared in a daze as Ye Wan and Xi Lingxin smiled and bowed, as he watched Jiang Ke'er and Shi Yanxi happily hug the people around them, as he watched Fang Siyao jump and cheer with joy.

In the corner of the Grand Theater, Mo Qingya felt as if she had fallen into an icy cave.

If...if she hadn't done the solo dance recklessly, wouldn't she be the only one to advance to the finals and receive congratulations? Unfortunately, there was no such if! Mo Qingya let out a weak breath, her eyes blank.

(End of this chapter)